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Meaning of coarse-graining | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

The rescaling of a phenomenon into units or cells of size close to the uncertainty of measurement.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“As human observers we focus almost entirely on coarse-grainings of this quasiclassical realm. However, quantum theory does not distinguish the classical realm from other decoherent sets...”

CEFR level

C2
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This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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